© 1981 by British Computer Society
Simulation tools in computer system design methodologies

1 Department of Computing Science, the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 2 Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Previous attempts to introduce a methodology for computer system design are reviewed, their limitations noted and several approaches towards overcoming the problem of level communication are discussed.
The design methodology suggested by Weiderman is compared with recently proposed methods which allow the system design itself to be the simulation model.
Received September 1979.
* Now in the Department of Computing Science, the University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ.
Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH1 2HJ.
¶ Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK